Leviticus 10: Strange Fire | Pastor Kenny Baldwin

Leviticus chapter number 10 and they davin about who the sons of Aaron took either of them his censer and put fire therein and put incense thereon and offered strange fire before the Lord which he commanded them now and they went out fire from the Lord and devoured them and they died before the Lord and Moses said unto Aaron this is it that the Lord spake saying I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me that's in the Bible I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me and before all the people I will be glorified and Aaron held his peace let the church say my father I pray that you had my blessing to the reading of your word cleanse me of sin infamy of self and fill me with your spirit help me to be a blessing thank you for grace now lord I pray God that we would use that grace to do that which you've called us to do I pray God that as your vessel you'd cleanse me of sin if 'no me of self fear with your holy spirit help me by blessing I pray that the Word of God would go forth clearly that no one will leave the building not understanding then as we understand what you say help us to do well we understand and I pray God if there's someone in the building that doesn't know Jesus as Savior that that one today would come to saving knowledge of the truth I pray that every person would do what you tell them to do and we appraise you thank you for it in Jesus name amen and amen you may be seated thank you so much for standing I want you to listen for just a few moments while I work our way to the text The Book of Leviticus is a great book in the Word of God you may not enjoy reading it but I will tell you the more you learn about God the more you'll appreciate it you remember that the book of Exodus concluded with the construction of the tabernacle according to God's instructions somebody said God doesn't care about details read the book of Exodus read the Book of Leviticus and you'll find out that God is very detail-oriented as the tabernacle was constructed according to God's instructions God filled the tabernacle with his glory I will tell you there's nothing like the glory of God there's nothing like the feeling of God Leviticus continues by giving us the order and rules for the Levites than the priests as it pertains to worship in the tabernacle Leviticus chapter one verse what God has moved to the tabernacle before he was speaking from Mount Sinai that's where the Ten Commandments were given to Moses and that's where God spoke to his people now that he has a place called the tabernacle he's not speaking from Sinai he's speaking from the tabernacle he is calling his people to the doc Tabernacle to meet with him I don't know about you it is a wonderful invitation to receive from God to meet with him I've had a lot of meetings with a lot of people I've never had a meeting better than a meeting with God Leviticus is God's Way of telling his people how everybody say how how they're coming here not just to come to him but how to come to him how many believe that how matters how matters Leviticus emphasizes if you would three the different aspects the first is that of sacrifice all of the animals in sacrifices that God instructed them to make were important all all all of the animals and sacrifices were important God one of these people to clearly understand that worship worship now I'm talking about devotion to God I'm talking about reverence for God about respect for God I'm talking about making honor and obeisance to God God wanted him to understand that worship costs hear me now worship cost Abraham when he offered eyes at worship cost Abel when he killed those animals worship cost David when he sacrificed on order the genocide stripped a threshing floor and God wanted it very clear way back at the beginning of the Bible that worship to me all the costs in something the second aspect is that of atonement 45 times that is mentioned in the Book of Leviticus it literally means to cover up to cover up the blood of bulls and goats didn't actually take away sin in the Old Testament but that blood did cover it until Jesus came somebody say man I'm talking about those animals covered their sin but when Jesus came he cleansed our sin Leviticus 17:11 tells us the life of flesh is in the blood and I've given unto you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls for it is the blood that maketh atonement for your soul here's what God wanted them to understand way back in Leviticus without the shedding of blood there is no remission to sin because life is in the blood God demanded that life had to be given to be able to take for the sins of another life and God demanded that the payment for sin had to be made in blood aren't you glad that when there wasn't the rolls real enough there wasn't a lamb well enough and there wasn't a man good enough that God sent for this son the hanging bleeding suffer for the sins of mankind for as much as we know we're not redeemed with corruptible things as silver and gold from the vain conversation received by tradition of your father's but with the precious blood of Jesus Christ as a lamb without blemish and without spot how many you glare at the blood steelworks how many you glare at the pure precious red crimson blood of Jesus was enough to save me from my sin not my good words not my baptism not my church membership not the family I was born here but the blood was sufficient and the blood sacrifice saved me from mousy that great chapter in chapter 16 is the great day of atonement I'm not spent a lot of time here but I have to tell you about it there's a great picture of picture of Christ's sacrifice and we take a bullet this bullet would be offered for himself and his family he would take that blood and sprinkle it on that mercy seat for seven times he would if you would also take two goats one goat would die and one goat would live he'd take that goat he'd streak of that blood on the mercy seat he he take the blood of that goat and and that Bullock and he put it on the horns of the altar him and he sprinkled that very clearly he'd come out and and he taken if you would after he'd sprinkled that blood and cleanse it and hallowed it for the uncleanness of the people he didn't take that goat that live goat and he lay his hands on that goat's head signifying the sins of the people he would then confess the sins of other people with his hands on that goat and then he'd released that goat and Lenin CO and that dope would go into a wilderness uninhabited somebody ought to get happen about this and this was God's Way of saying when I saved you from your sin as far as the East is from the West they're gone they'll never come back again you'll never pay for them again you'll never be guilty again when he sangs you your sins are gone Wow the third aspect of Leviticus is more than just sacrifice and atonement but that of holiness it was the most emphasized aspect in this book 91 times some form of holy is used let me define it for you that would you set apart that was just marked off that which is different let me read it again let me know you're awake holy means that what you set apart that which is marked off that which is different time I say man can I tell you that God is holy come on now I said God is holy I'm not talking to church denomination I'm talking with the character of God until my God has set apart there's nobody like him I'm tell my god is marked off there's nobody as high as him I'll tell my God is different he's not Buddha he's not Allah he's not the Sun he's not the moon he's not to create Ted he's the Creator he's not one of the gods he's the only God he's not competitive with other gods he's the only car he's not a contemporary of false gods he's the only God he's exclusive he's essential he's exceptional God is holy I don't care what happens in the world I don't care what fans and transients editions have happened in society I don't care what paradigm should I don't care even what is legislated in government I'm telling you God is holy amen the Sabbath was holy 8 times in the Bible the Bible says the Sabbath is set apart for his people the priests supposed to be holy Leviticus two seven and eight their garments were supposed to be holy they could not be duplicated for common use Leviticus 27 tells us the tithe is holy huh somebody say Amen that means it's set apart that means it's set aside that means you don't use to tithe on Starbucks you'll use the time on the lottery you'll use the tithe on new shoes you'll use the time on paying bills attire his holy sign apart it belongs to the Lord God is holy the priests the holy garments are holy the tithe is holy and God said I want you to be holy too so in the first seven chapters God is dealing with holy offerings in Chapter eight the priests are consecrated and commanded to be given to him and to give those offerings to him in Chapter nine they offer those offerings to the Lord those initial offerings were offered to God Aaron bless the people and according to chapter nine God sent down fire from heaven to watch this now this fire was significant of the glory of God slender of God this fire said two things from God to his people number one I approve your offerings and I accept your offer now please listen to me how many you would admit today if the whole world disapproves and the whole world is disappointed you and I can get over it if God accepts it and God approves it people shouted and fell on their faces you know where they were happy they did something that God approve does that make you happy when you do something that God approves you say I'm trying to please man well good luck you please them this morning and you disappoint them this afternoon but I'm telling you there's nothing like pleasing God 9 chapter 10 they're kind of offering he spends the first part of the book explaining what offerings are and that they're holy they reserved he tells them worship manners and he says it's not just that you worship it is also how you worship chapter 10 - fellows sons of Aaron the priest Nate I made Ave and Abajo they send up offerings and again God responds with fire but it ain't good fire his fire to them is not fire of approval and acceptance his fire to them is fire of rejection and refusal they died the Bible says this of neighed ab and about who they offered strange fire before the Lord the word strange allylic except the 10 means this foreign profane it is even a word used to describe the commission of adultery it is fire from another place from another person from something or some way not a fruit God's response in Leviticus chapter 10 is that he had a problem with strange fire is anybody listening in the building today could I tell you God had a program in Exodus when he spoke from Mount Sinai could I tell you God had a pathway in Leviticus when he spoke from the sanctuary can I tell you God also had a place in the Kings when Solomon built the temple but I'm telling you when Jesus came to earth he didn't come to earth with the tabernacle he didn't come to earth with the temple and he didn't come to earth from Mount Sinai he came to earth to establish a program called the local New Testament church if you're wondering what it is it's what you're a part of today it's not the walls and the carpet and the pews and the building no it's the people of God our symbol together with the authority and the power of God to go forth and preach the gospel to a lost and dying world I will tell you something you may not understand it you may not have had to explain to you before but there is something special I'm telling you there is something special about the local church there is no way a world can be reached with the gospel Jesus Christ without being channeled and facilitated through the local church acts more than a these shall receive power after that the Holy Ghost has come upon you and you shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem and in all Judea and in Samaria and the uttermost part of the earth Matthew 28:19 and xx go ye therefore and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you and long with your way even unto the end of the world mark 16:15 the Bible says go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature Luke 24:46 and 47 in that repentance and remission of sins should be preached among all nations beginning at Jerusalem first I'm here to tell you God wants everybody saved and the assignment to get the gospel all over the world has not been given to the Senate or the house of Republicans or to the Supreme Court or to the teachers or to the education system or to billionaires and millionaires and movie stars and athletes the assignment of reaching a lost and dying world and adequately disseminating the gospel has been given to the local church watch this now God not only has a sign that God has authoritative God has authenticated and God will able us to do it I'm telling you there some special about the church but here's the problem there are too many in the church trying to worship God any kind of way somebody helped me preach there are so many false religions there are so much nonsense prevalent in churches today the devil has blinded so many minds convincing people into believing that walketh walking and worshipping and witnessing for God can be done any kind of way I'm not trying to pick on anybody or call anybody out but worship is not Burger King style you can't have it your way I'm telling you that God still believes in holiness somehow they say man we're still marked off we are still set apart we've been bought with a price and well by the holy ghost of God commanded by the Word of God empowered by God's power I'm here to tell you you're a child of God - redeemed by the shed blood of Jesus Christ it does matter how you live it does matter how you talk it does not how you dress it does matter how you think it does matter how you behave yourself I know the church is important to different kind of personalities different kinds of churches different men preach a different way different kinds of style I preach one way Sunday morning daddy preached another way Sunday night brother Hartwell preached another way we and I when I tell my styles and personalities no no we're not talking about the flavor of a church I'm saying it doesn't matter who's preaching style not the issue the issue is we got to understand now who's preaching but about whom we're preaching and to who we're preaching and for who we're preaching and I'm here to tell you I'm standing without apology in these last days to tell you that God still has a way God still has a will God still has a word that holiness still matters that darkness still matters that carnality still bothers God and today I want to preach on strange fire and I'm not trying to call anybody out but I am calling out strange fire there's a lot of it going on not every building with a steeple own as a church now that a man calls himself a reverend should be preaching the Word of God come on not everybody that can sang is worshiping somebody help me preach I'm talking my devotion to God matters how matters I said how matters now how is it that God in chapter 10 verse number 1 described the fire of nee dab and a by who strange fire let me give you four sentences to describe strange fire in Leviticus 10 and equally describe a strange fire in February 2020 nomber one strange fire is offered to God when the consuming fire has not been sustained when the consuming fire has not been sustained would you flip back a couple pages to Leviticus chapter 6 and let's follow God's instructions for the burnt offering because here's what need to have enter by who are trying to offer in chapter number 10 the problem is God has already told them how to offer it in Chapter number 6 now look if you would in verse number 8 and the Lord spake unto Moses command Aaron and his sons that's Nathan abide in other words God said I'm not leaving it up to you to do whatever you want to do I'm telling you how to do it this is the law versus women are you following with me this is the law of the what burnt offering it is the what burnt offering because of the burning upon the altar how much all night until the morning watch this now and the fire of the altar shall be burning even is anybody listening to me notice what he says in verse number 12 and the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it next phrase say it with me it show up not be put out and the priest shall burn wood on every morning and the burnt offering in order upon it he shall burn there on the fat upon the piece offers one more verse verse number 13 the fire shall what ever be burning upon the altar now watch this read this last statement with me it shall what never go out anybody listening to me now it shall never go out they have had a supernatural reception you remember when I told you that in Chapter number nine God set fire down from heaven just say that he approved and accepted what they had done here's the problem in Leviticus chapter 10 somewhere along the way the fire that God said had gone out so need havena by who said since we don't have God's fire anymore we'll whip up our own fire I'll tell you why churches are offered up strange fire to God in 2020 they let the fire of God go out there was a supernatural reception they had received God's fire have you ever received has God ever endorsed your life approved of what you're doing can I tell you and God saves you I'd say the fire God showed up come on now could I tell you when you decide say yes to Jesus the fire God showed up can I say young man that day you surrendered to preach the gospel the Lord Jesus Christ the fire of God showed up but there was swell just because the fire shows up doesn't mean we sustained it somebody say man now God not only told them to keep the fire sustained where they told him how look with me in verse number 10 this is how you keep the fire sustained verse number 10 in the priest shall put on his linen garment and his linen breeches shall be put upon flesh stay with the text please next statement and take up what the ashes now anybody that has ever made of fire and kept the fire going would admit to you without much thought that you cannot maintain a burning fire with too many ashes and it was someone help me preach so here was the response of that priest once the supernatural reception took place the next thing had to be done what's the removal of the ashes now watch this now here's what I'm saying a supernatural reception also demands a sin removal somebody said pastor I don't have a fire like I used to have I have the excitement like I used to have I don't have the joy I used to have I know the fervor I used to have Don and I are not as tight as we used to be can I tell you maybe your fire is clogged up with too many ashes you can't keep serving God to get those ashes out of there that's seeing that ungodliness that worldliness that carnality you must remove the ashes there must be a supernatural reception there must be a sin removal now look at verse number 12 and the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it it shall not be put out and the pre shell what when anybody's ever built a fire can tell you you can't keep a fire going if you don't move the ashes but you not only can't keep the fire going if you don't remove the ashes you can't keep the fire going if you don't replace the wood somebody help me breathe so so the removal of the ashes is a picture of a sin removal the replacement of the wood is a picture of a scripture regulation now here's here's what he's saying there are two things you've got to do to make sure your fire keeps burning from the Lord for the Lord number one get the sin out number two keep the Bible in help me preach now somebody I've listened we're right in the text see the ashes our picture of sin and the wood is a picture of the Bible now let's just now here's what proverbs says we're no wood is the fire going out now watch the stand the inward man is renewed day by day listen to me now you can come to all the church you want to come to you can put tithe and know from plain 52 weeks out of the year you can sing in the choir teaching the Sunday School slide I'll work in the nursery clean up the building afterwards call yourself on the cleanup team you can be a you can work out in the parking lot work on the sound team you can go out on the bus ministry you can pick up kids you can teach in a wallet those are good team that you're doing for God but somewhere along the way what you're trying to do all that work the fires gonna burn out unless you replace the wood I'd say to you there's nothing I can advise you more as a child of God and a member of Crossroads Baptist Church in this get up every morning get the sin out of your life and get the Bible in your life read the Word of God study the Word of God memorize the Word of God meditate on the Word of God and obey the Word of God I've learned been that man that knew a bunch of Bible I've learned people that were involved in a bunch of ministries I've known people and gave a bunch of a bunch of money to the church that set off and quit serving God but I'm here to tell you if you will commit yourself that if God sends the fire I'll replace the wood so they've been from the beginning of the year to the end of the year I'll keep the fire burning one last time your place your wood Oh pastor I somebody in their mind is saying I don't tell me I don't replace the wood but I I come to all the services so you can replace it pastor could I ask you a question what keeps your fire burning between Sunday will huh you listen listen listen you will never overdose on the Word of God come on come on come on you'll never get food poisoning on the Word of God watch this you will never take some of the Word of God that will give you indigestion somebody help me fresh you'll never get so inebriated on the Word of God that you can't walk straight that you're saying slurs that let me tell you something let the Word of God to dwell in you richly Colossians says I said let the word of God dwell in you richly somehow I picture somebody that's being soaked with the Word of God that is dripping off of him I wouldn't that would be my prayer of every member of cross those Baptist Church when you leave out of the shopping mall and you go home from work when you're into the building tomorrow morning that a lost man a sinner man a wayward man would say man you got the Bible drip it all off of you we want to be a Bible heavy Church I said want to be a Bible heavy Church I know some churches all they do is preach about motivational speaking and you the hair and you're not detailing and love Jesus love Jesus love jesus loves you you can preach love Jesus all you want to you will not love him if you don't get preaching on getting rid of saying demuth demas hath forsaken me having loved this present world you need preaching on ashes amen so do I but I don't need anybody telling me about my sin well that's fine your fire will glow there must be a supernatural reception there must be a sin removal there must be a scriptural regularity there must be a sanctuary remaining verse 12 he shall put the fire upon the altar burning in it shall not be put out and the pre-show burn wood on it every morning and lay the burnt offering an order pani and he shall burn there on the fat of the peace offerings the fire shall ever be burning upon the altar it shall never go out the only way to keep doing all those things all night long is to stay in the sanctuary and please understand when I use the word sanctuary I'm not referring to the physical address at Crossroads Baptist Church I am referring to the presence of God you're going to leave the church building today but you do not have to exit the presence of God the consuming fire has not been sustained number two and I'll close here this morning and come back and catch you next week not hit you just give you something when the consuming fire has not been sustained number one number two the current fire is from the wrong source now let's listen listen I was I was in the Martin Luther King Center on Thursday and I was walking through the house where he grew up in Atlanta and the tour guide was was leading us through and every time he would get on something good about Martin Luther King he would go off on something else and he talked to one of the kids about education and talk to somebody else about learning and every time the end of it he'd say it's not that it's not that difficult and he said it's not rocket science in other words in other words saying it's not that deep it's pretty simple if you think it's not rocket science well well let me borrow his free if you don't have the fire God gave you then if you do have fire you got it from somewhere else it ain't rocket science okay because because I meet people all the time that will contend with me I got the fire I got fire now the kids even got the word it's fire I don't know what that means but I guess that means it's it's real good here's why won't you understand if you let what God gave you go out you're gonna have to get something from somewhere else watch the stuff and here's the problem just cuz it looks like the same stuff that God sent doesn't mean it somebody help me and just cuz you got people thinking that all fire is fire don't think you're gonna fool the fire cinder you can saying your guts out that doesn't mean that's the fire the Lord you can shout your voice out doesn't mean that's the fire look I can preach my energy out doesn't mean that's a five Lord now look at the fire here in Leviticus chapter number 10 and well let you go home first of all it came from fleshly ministers he's getting quiet fleshly ministers look at verse number nine which appears to me like an indictment on native and a by who after God killed him do not drink wine or strong drink thou nor thy sons with thee when you go into the tabernacle of the congregation lest she died it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations verse 10 and that you may put difference between holy and unholy between clean and unclean here's what God is saying hey Aaron I just killed your boys because they're trying to do spiritual stuff in a fleshly way the Bible tells us about another priest that was so wicked that they entertain women at the house ago he was his what God is saying if my fire is not still burning and you produce your own fire it is done in the flesh every I appear you cannot please God in the flesh let me further Commission will give you three fleshly ministries that happen in our world today number one ecumenical ISM since the seeking and promoting of worldwide Christian unity it is a better understanding of religious faith here's what ecumenical ISM says doesn't matter what you believe what you stand for we all join hands together and we all we all serve the same God some of us call him God someone's called Allah some of us call him Buddha some of us call him Sir some call us me years ago I was driving down the road I don't like to call churches out I'll embarrass anybody it was at the intersection near Braddock and backing road and I was a there's a couple of them there so it wasn't Emmanuel and the sign said this here's what said all nationalities and all faiths welcome now anybody ought to be welcome to come in to this church anybody I visit people I go to some to drive through go to store one time get somebody to try let's say how Muslim I said we glad we glad have you amen come on here's the problem anybody ought to be welcome in a church but just cuz you are as a person are welcome in the church doesn't mean whatever kind of faith you have is welcome in the church we welcome you as an individual but when you get in the building there is no way we can blend a conglomerate of multiple faiths because according to the Word of God there is one Lord and one faith huge said we must earnestly contend for the faith the Russians now when I talk about faith I'm not talking about your reliance or your trust in God that is a definition of faith but when we're talking about this definition of faith we're literally talking about the body of beliefs contained in the Word of God that share no competition with any other list me now there's only one saved that registers as legitimate and that is the faith in the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ neither is there salvation in any other well there is no other name under heaven given him in whereby we must be saved he said I'm see where I am deep truth I am D life no man comes on the Father but by me I'm saying there are lot of people that pray to this God and they worship that God and they preach some God and they bow down to this God we put nobody down but without apology we say it loud and proud there's only one way to go to heaven and that's through the shed blood of Jesus Christ we cannot join hands we cannot join hearts we cannot arbitrarily sell a ship with any kind of church we're not better than they are we're not smarter than they are we're not greater than they are but we cannot go messing around with God's stuff there's only one safe and that Seita is in Jesus Christ ecumenical ISM here's another one I'm almost done emotionalism the tendency the show emotion quickly or easily the appeal to emotion particularly and especially to sway an audience to some belief disclaimer I'm not against emotion watch me while I'm sleep and you'll know I advocate emotion okay I'm emotional even while I'm knocked out God created us as emotional people emotionalism is not an indictment with emotion it's not an indictment against the emotion emotionalism what makes it wrong is not that emotion is wrong but that founding what you do and believe upon emotion is wrong and here's the problem emotions are fickle and frivolous they will change from one moment to another there some days our feel say there's some days I don't feel like talking it look like there's some day I don't feel like preaching to y'all but I'm telling you I don't preach because I feel like it I'm not saved because I feel like it I'm not married cuz I feel like it I'm saved because I said no shame I preached cuz God called me America's God gave her to me till death do us part here's what happens in emotional churches some man or some movement or some ministries beginning to work the crowd and all of a sudden they start stirring up and before long they get you believing that they're saying what's right because your emotions have been involved and now all of a sudden you're violating the Word of God and you're anti against the principles of the word of God and you start making up stuff that doesn't line up with the Bible and you start advocating things that don't line up with the word of God and you start misconstruing you reduplicate Pentecost you misconstrue the gift of tongues you are you start taking on the gift listen to me I believe it all that stuff in the Bible I do not believe when it's misused in the church today and if you want to contend that something is right just because it feels good then you better start making a whole lot of other sin right - because I found a lot of drug people and said that drug felt good that chemical ISM emotionalism and experimental ISM the theory or practice of depending on experimentation fondness for experimenting or new experiences and procedures for what you do looka here looka here just because you want to try something cuz you wanted them try something people doesn't mean that stuff that's broke needs to be fixed I don't need to try new Bible I don't need to try a new style of worship I don't need to try a new wave of a Christianity I don't need to try new little tit listen to him I'm not talking about new more new methodology I'm not talking about using technology I'm not talking about staying up with the times I that a church that is into 2020 that doesn't have a website and talking about but if God God doesn't want us to ever change we didn't have a way in 500 years ago but bless God we don't have a list that sound good even if you make your voice rasp but it's stupid it makes no sense today to not have a website when our website allows us to preach this message in 50 states and 63 countries I'm glad we have a website I am NOT against technology I'm not against methodology I'm not against social media what I am against is new stuff that is being tried that requires a violation from the Word of God we ain't gonna try women preaching we'll try talking into we don't try coming up with stuff that the Bible disapproves of because if God said it was wrong it's still wrong every syllabus right is still right and no amount of experimentation is necessary or productive because you are never going to experiment or wrong into being a right and a right into being wrong because the one that established it has no wrong and is always right well y'all be careful I am I am troubled by a lot of stuff that's being done under the guise of religion concerned I'm concerned about this next generation they need to know that what got us this far will take us the rest of the way what got us this far does it take us the rest of the way it will and just because you are better with iPhone and you are quicker with technology and you were born in a day and age where some of the stuff we believed wasn't being done anymore doesn't mean that Shalu Jung wet-behind-the-ears breath still smelling like Similac self don't change the word ago she passed her will there's a lot of places in the DC area that don't agree with you well let me clue you in on one little tidbit of factuality I don't pastor a lot of places I'll pass to this play and I don't know and don't even much care what they doing there well but up in here we'll be off in those strange fire I want to come back next week because I want to talk the last two points and really hit home because the church and the pastor and really anybody in your life each of those people in the institution itself is limited in how much control they or it can do when it comes to your worship there's only so much the church can do to control how you live so we can't follow you home we can't we can't I mean even parents we can we can set regulations but kids can violate so the church can't control what you do but but we ought to teach you what's right and we can't control what members do but we can monitor and regulate what leaders do so we can't tell somebody that walks in here to visit church what you can do and what you can't do but we can set some guidelines for what people that will be placed in leadership can and can do and if you believe Leviticus you will not view standards guidelines and regulations as a child of God as imposed things so you see when when people tell you you need to do this to serve God because it will help you be a better Christian and you view that as imposed you're indicating how you view worship selfishly see I learned a long time ago when I when I really valued who God was and the fact he lets me serve Him and work for him I never viewed standards as imposed instead I viewed them as invited and anything that helps me be a better child of God does not be viewed as I have to but it should be viewed as a get to because I don't want to slip into a mindset of native and by who where I'm in the same spot I've always been doing what I felt I've always done but doing doing it in the wrong way they were right in the tabernacle right up and they weren't they weren't out in the woods up there whipping up some fire they were right in the tabernacle where nobody could see them but the one who mattered and they thought list incense up in there and stir it on up and take it God and God looking down like I didn't see you let the real stuff go out I want you to go home go read the passage this week come back next week and you ask yourself this week if I was made to worship God and you were am i offering strange fire and instead of dicing and slicing the Hebrew word for strange fire let's let the scripture define it itself strange fire definition which he commanded them not so don't go googling everybody's opinion of strange fire this week and come back and saying pastor I did and I found out my stuff ain't strange listen to me go don't google it I want to help you anything that God said don't do that you're doing and anything that God said do that you're not doing it strange fun and God doesn't want it and frankly up in here neither do I our Father

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Published: Mon Feb 24 2020